Beast Wars: Transformers (1996) s01e18 Episode Script
Spider's Game
( dramatic theme playing )
( roars )
Beast Wars
( dramatic rock theme playing )
Beast Wars
( suspenseful theme playing )
COMPUTER: Attention. Maximal stasis pod beginning planet fall.
Just as I calculated.
( chuckles )
ECM array online.
COMPUTER: ECM array in position.
Command?
Magna pulse, maximum power.
( Rattrap gasps )
What?
Hmm?
( gasps )
( gasps )
( sighs )
( growls )
( grunting )
Megatron, our systems are down.
I can't see.
Command all units to fall back to base.
The Maximals must be launching a sneak attack.
Rhinox, what's going on?
I was running a strategic simulation
when everything went dark.
Magna pulse. All of our systems are down.
Most likely the Preds.
I'll fly out and warn the others.
You get us back online.
COMPUTER: Maximal and Predacon scanners disabled.
Calculate stasis pod drop zone.
Grid helix coordinates 883-5742.
BLACKARACHNIA: Whatever are you up to?
You!
How very interesting.
( gasps )
So this is where you've been hiding.
Cozy. In a hideous sort of way.
Cool your gears, tall dark and gruesome.
I haven't spent all this time finding your lair
just to shoot it out with you.
We need to talk.
I am engaged in important research for Megatron.
I have no time to talk.
I'd say you were engaged in stealing the stasis pod.
And perhaps reprogramming
the helpless Maximal protoform inside
into a new Predacon.
Loyal to you, of course.
Oh, dear, you've found me out.
( chuckles )
Now what exactly are you going are you going to do about it?
( chuckles )
( chuckles )
Why, help you, of course.
Huh?
( suspenseful theme playing )
( croaks )
( birds fluttering )
Hmm.
( growls )
( dramatic theme playing )
( growls )
( dramatic theme playing )
A stasis pod.
Another of our Maximal warriors arrives.
Tigatron to base. ( static crackling on radio )
Tigatron to base, come in.
( static crackling )
Hmm, comm links are down.
I must get to the pod before the Predacons find it.
( growls )
( mysterious theme playing )
( alarm beeping )
COMPUTER: Planet fall successful. Beginning activation program.
( dramatic theme playing )
( laughs )
Excellent. Completely intact.
Hmm.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Ooh, you are a clever one.
No wonder Megatron fears you.
Is that why you're helping me betray him?
Megatron is powerful. But inferior.
I would make a much better leader.
Besides, you're so cute.
( chitters )
COMPUTER DNA sequencers online.
The activation sequence has already begun.
I must work fast.
( suspenseful theme playing )
COMPUTER: Maximal programming chip cannot be accessed
Pausing DNA scan.
( chuckles )
( suspenseful theme playing )
COMPUTER: New programming accepted.
Scanning for compatible life forms.
Now all I have to do is--
COMPUTER: Compatible life form found. Beginning replication.
No! What's wrong?
My intent was to create another of our kind.
But the pod's computer has already selected a form.
Can't you stop it? No!
But whatever it is, it will be a Predacon.
( dramatic theme playing )
Ooh!
Tigabot is all alone.
Waspinator will destroy!
( buzzing )
( dramatic rock theme playing )
Waspinator, terrorize!
( screams )
( grunts )
( groaning )
( sighs )
Now, Waspinator says goodbye to tiger-bot.
Aah! ( chuckles )
Waspinator remembers bird-bot!
Waspinator will scrap!
( chuckles )
I'm flattered.
But hardly impressed.
( yells )
( grunting )
( grunts )
( groans )
Waspinator hates bird-bot.
( grunts )
Tigatron? Oh, I'm all right.
No internals damaged, thanks to you.
But you've gotta go. You can reach it faster than I.
Reach what?
A stasis pod. I was following it.
Find it before the Predacons do.
Vector five-seven-four.
Now go. I'll follow.
( dramatic theme playing )
( groans )
Begin internal repairs.
( mysterious theme playing )
( both yell )
( roars )
Ew, another insect. How depressing.
Are you sure it's a Predacon?
I am Tarantulas, your creator.
Identify yourself.
Spiders. You dare invade the colony!
Inferno, terrorize!
( dramatic rock theme playing )
( roars )
Incoming!
( both scream )
Destruction to all who threaten us.
The royalty commands it.
That six-legged freak nearly roasted us.
I thought you said he was a Predacon.
His beast mode is dominating his logic circuits.
He thinks he's a real insect?
TARANTULAS: Precisely.
And he sees the pod as his colony.
Anyone who threatens it is his enemy.
My cyber venom will make him more friendly.
No!
I don't want to risk damage to the pod.
BLACKARACHNIA: Why do you want that pod so badly?
TARANTULAS: That's not for you to know.
( suspenseful theme playing )
COMPUTER: Sonic scan positive.
Objective in 3 nanoklicks.
Looks like the new Maximal's already online.
Another invader comes from the air.
It will burn.
BLACKARACHNIA: An opportunity has arrived.
Yes.
( chuckles )
( dramatic theme playing )
As Cheetor would say, that flight mode is ultra gear.
I'm Airazor. Who are you?
Defender of the colony. And you are an invader.
( gasps )
You're no Maximal!
Blackarachnia, terrorize!
Huh? Unh!
( grunts )
What?
( Blackarachnia laughs )
Destruction to the Maximals, the enemies of the colony!
Maximals? Yes, they are enemies.
But you're not of the colony.
Actually, I'm a personal friend of the royalty.
Now why don't we talk?
( chuckling )
Yes. By all means, talk.
While I secure the real prize.
( grunting )
At last I have the means to escape this dustbowl.
( grunts )
What's happening?
It's an energon surge.
You've been in robot mode too long. Transform.
Logic circuits clouded.
Don't understand.
Your a Predacon, like me.
It's our destiny to conquer and rule.
No. Only the royalty rules.
As soldier, I defend
The colony!
Huh?
It was the pod he was after all along.
Buy why?
( groans )
What happened?
Predacons got here first.
They've turned the protoform into one of them.
And the pod?
They must have taken it.
I'll track them. Maybe I can retrieve it.
Find Optimus. He must know of this.
You might need backup.
I hunt better alone.
Or sometimes you can be too alone.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Huh?
Blast! Where is Tarantulas? This is his job.
SCORPONOK ( over radio ): Scorponok to Megatron!
Report.
Tarantulas is coming.
And something's chasing him.
( dramatic theme playing )
Hmm. A stasis pod.
So that scurrilous spider's up to his old tricks again.
( suspenseful theme playing )
It's still after me. It's time to deal with him.
Must find the colony.
Computer, identify.
COMPUTER: Reading Predacon energy signature.
But no such unit is listed in data tracks.
Hmm, I see.
Megatron to Scorponok.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Praise the royalty. I fond it.
Huh?
That's not all you found, insect.
( grunts )
( yells )
Megatron orders the stasis pod brought to him at once.
And that creature as well.
( grunts )
( screams )
( grunts )
( groans )
( grunting )
( gasps )
No!
You won't be getting any of our secrets
from that pod, Predacons.
And you won't be getting any older, stripes.
Huh?
( laughs )
( grunting )
( Megatron growling )
( roars )
Oh, no!
( gasps )
Playtime's over, pussycat.
Yes.
Who's the first to sample my bite?
( groans )
( laughs ) ( Inferno roars )
The colony!
Whoever has done this thing will burn!
Inferno, terrorize!
( roaring )
Ooh. I like him. Yes.
Who has destroyed the colony? Who?
He is the one! The Maximal!
Destroy him!
Ah, you will burn, Maximal!
( dramatic theme playing )
( Tigatron screams )
Ha, I will destroy you and all your kind.
( missile fires ) ( gasps )
( roars )
( dramatic theme playing )
( Megatron grunts )
( growls )
Unh. Airazor suggested you might need a lift.
That's another of my nine lives I owe her.
Time to hit the wind.
Unh! No! No!
( growls )
They're out of range, Megatron.
( grunts )
Gather up that junk pile and bring it to the base.
Then find me those spiders.
I want a few words with them.
Defend the colony. Defend the colony.
( voice distorted ): Defend the colony.
( high-pitched ): Defend the colony.
( normal voice ): Defend the colony.
( mellow theme playing )
RHINOX: Repair cycle complete.
Feeling better?
Extremely.
I will return to my post.
There's no hurry.
Dinobot, Cheetor and Rattrap are out there.
It is my duty.
And to be honest, I prefer the wild land.
Well, that's your privilege.
But it wouldn't hurt
to visit us now and then, would it?
No, I-- I don't suppose it would.
Farewell, my friends.
( Tigatron growling )
( door closes )
( suspenseful theme playing )
Oh, I must have been insane to help you.
Megatron's gonna scrap us both.
Megatron does not see the webs within the webs.
Nor do you.
Aw, don't be so testy.
I meant nothing. We're two of a kind.
We should stick together.
It would make no difference if we did.
This planet is doomed.
So that's why you wanted the stasis pod.
To build an escape ship.
But how? Why? You must tell me.
I can help.
( chuckles )
Leave my lair.
Aw, at least consider it.
We could be a great team.
( chuckles )
( whispers ): Lunatic.
( whispers ): Witch.
( laughing )
( cackling )
( dramatic rock theme playing )
( roars )
Beast Wars
( dramatic rock theme playing )
Beast Wars
( suspenseful theme playing )
COMPUTER: Attention. Maximal stasis pod beginning planet fall.
Just as I calculated.
( chuckles )
ECM array online.
COMPUTER: ECM array in position.
Command?
Magna pulse, maximum power.
( Rattrap gasps )
What?
Hmm?
( gasps )
( gasps )
( sighs )
( growls )
( grunting )
Megatron, our systems are down.
I can't see.
Command all units to fall back to base.
The Maximals must be launching a sneak attack.
Rhinox, what's going on?
I was running a strategic simulation
when everything went dark.
Magna pulse. All of our systems are down.
Most likely the Preds.
I'll fly out and warn the others.
You get us back online.
COMPUTER: Maximal and Predacon scanners disabled.
Calculate stasis pod drop zone.
Grid helix coordinates 883-5742.
BLACKARACHNIA: Whatever are you up to?
You!
How very interesting.
( gasps )
So this is where you've been hiding.
Cozy. In a hideous sort of way.
Cool your gears, tall dark and gruesome.
I haven't spent all this time finding your lair
just to shoot it out with you.
We need to talk.
I am engaged in important research for Megatron.
I have no time to talk.
I'd say you were engaged in stealing the stasis pod.
And perhaps reprogramming
the helpless Maximal protoform inside
into a new Predacon.
Loyal to you, of course.
Oh, dear, you've found me out.
( chuckles )
Now what exactly are you going are you going to do about it?
( chuckles )
( chuckles )
Why, help you, of course.
Huh?
( suspenseful theme playing )
( croaks )
( birds fluttering )
Hmm.
( growls )
( dramatic theme playing )
( growls )
( dramatic theme playing )
A stasis pod.
Another of our Maximal warriors arrives.
Tigatron to base. ( static crackling on radio )
Tigatron to base, come in.
( static crackling )
Hmm, comm links are down.
I must get to the pod before the Predacons find it.
( growls )
( mysterious theme playing )
( alarm beeping )
COMPUTER: Planet fall successful. Beginning activation program.
( dramatic theme playing )
( laughs )
Excellent. Completely intact.
Hmm.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Ooh, you are a clever one.
No wonder Megatron fears you.
Is that why you're helping me betray him?
Megatron is powerful. But inferior.
I would make a much better leader.
Besides, you're so cute.
( chitters )
COMPUTER DNA sequencers online.
The activation sequence has already begun.
I must work fast.
( suspenseful theme playing )
COMPUTER: Maximal programming chip cannot be accessed
Pausing DNA scan.
( chuckles )
( suspenseful theme playing )
COMPUTER: New programming accepted.
Scanning for compatible life forms.
Now all I have to do is--
COMPUTER: Compatible life form found. Beginning replication.
No! What's wrong?
My intent was to create another of our kind.
But the pod's computer has already selected a form.
Can't you stop it? No!
But whatever it is, it will be a Predacon.
( dramatic theme playing )
Ooh!
Tigabot is all alone.
Waspinator will destroy!
( buzzing )
( dramatic rock theme playing )
Waspinator, terrorize!
( screams )
( grunts )
( groaning )
( sighs )
Now, Waspinator says goodbye to tiger-bot.
Aah! ( chuckles )
Waspinator remembers bird-bot!
Waspinator will scrap!
( chuckles )
I'm flattered.
But hardly impressed.
( yells )
( grunting )
( grunts )
( groans )
Waspinator hates bird-bot.
( grunts )
Tigatron? Oh, I'm all right.
No internals damaged, thanks to you.
But you've gotta go. You can reach it faster than I.
Reach what?
A stasis pod. I was following it.
Find it before the Predacons do.
Vector five-seven-four.
Now go. I'll follow.
( dramatic theme playing )
( groans )
Begin internal repairs.
( mysterious theme playing )
( both yell )
( roars )
Ew, another insect. How depressing.
Are you sure it's a Predacon?
I am Tarantulas, your creator.
Identify yourself.
Spiders. You dare invade the colony!
Inferno, terrorize!
( dramatic rock theme playing )
( roars )
Incoming!
( both scream )
Destruction to all who threaten us.
The royalty commands it.
That six-legged freak nearly roasted us.
I thought you said he was a Predacon.
His beast mode is dominating his logic circuits.
He thinks he's a real insect?
TARANTULAS: Precisely.
And he sees the pod as his colony.
Anyone who threatens it is his enemy.
My cyber venom will make him more friendly.
No!
I don't want to risk damage to the pod.
BLACKARACHNIA: Why do you want that pod so badly?
TARANTULAS: That's not for you to know.
( suspenseful theme playing )
COMPUTER: Sonic scan positive.
Objective in 3 nanoklicks.
Looks like the new Maximal's already online.
Another invader comes from the air.
It will burn.
BLACKARACHNIA: An opportunity has arrived.
Yes.
( chuckles )
( dramatic theme playing )
As Cheetor would say, that flight mode is ultra gear.
I'm Airazor. Who are you?
Defender of the colony. And you are an invader.
( gasps )
You're no Maximal!
Blackarachnia, terrorize!
Huh? Unh!
( grunts )
What?
( Blackarachnia laughs )
Destruction to the Maximals, the enemies of the colony!
Maximals? Yes, they are enemies.
But you're not of the colony.
Actually, I'm a personal friend of the royalty.
Now why don't we talk?
( chuckling )
Yes. By all means, talk.
While I secure the real prize.
( grunting )
At last I have the means to escape this dustbowl.
( grunts )
What's happening?
It's an energon surge.
You've been in robot mode too long. Transform.
Logic circuits clouded.
Don't understand.
Your a Predacon, like me.
It's our destiny to conquer and rule.
No. Only the royalty rules.
As soldier, I defend
The colony!
Huh?
It was the pod he was after all along.
Buy why?
( groans )
What happened?
Predacons got here first.
They've turned the protoform into one of them.
And the pod?
They must have taken it.
I'll track them. Maybe I can retrieve it.
Find Optimus. He must know of this.
You might need backup.
I hunt better alone.
Or sometimes you can be too alone.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Huh?
Blast! Where is Tarantulas? This is his job.
SCORPONOK ( over radio ): Scorponok to Megatron!
Report.
Tarantulas is coming.
And something's chasing him.
( dramatic theme playing )
Hmm. A stasis pod.
So that scurrilous spider's up to his old tricks again.
( suspenseful theme playing )
It's still after me. It's time to deal with him.
Must find the colony.
Computer, identify.
COMPUTER: Reading Predacon energy signature.
But no such unit is listed in data tracks.
Hmm, I see.
Megatron to Scorponok.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Praise the royalty. I fond it.
Huh?
That's not all you found, insect.
( grunts )
( yells )
Megatron orders the stasis pod brought to him at once.
And that creature as well.
( grunts )
( screams )
( grunts )
( groans )
( grunting )
( gasps )
No!
You won't be getting any of our secrets
from that pod, Predacons.
And you won't be getting any older, stripes.
Huh?
( laughs )
( grunting )
( Megatron growling )
( roars )
Oh, no!
( gasps )
Playtime's over, pussycat.
Yes.
Who's the first to sample my bite?
( groans )
( laughs ) ( Inferno roars )
The colony!
Whoever has done this thing will burn!
Inferno, terrorize!
( roaring )
Ooh. I like him. Yes.
Who has destroyed the colony? Who?
He is the one! The Maximal!
Destroy him!
Ah, you will burn, Maximal!
( dramatic theme playing )
( Tigatron screams )
Ha, I will destroy you and all your kind.
( missile fires ) ( gasps )
( roars )
( dramatic theme playing )
( Megatron grunts )
( growls )
Unh. Airazor suggested you might need a lift.
That's another of my nine lives I owe her.
Time to hit the wind.
Unh! No! No!
( growls )
They're out of range, Megatron.
( grunts )
Gather up that junk pile and bring it to the base.
Then find me those spiders.
I want a few words with them.
Defend the colony. Defend the colony.
( voice distorted ): Defend the colony.
( high-pitched ): Defend the colony.
( normal voice ): Defend the colony.
( mellow theme playing )
RHINOX: Repair cycle complete.
Feeling better?
Extremely.
I will return to my post.
There's no hurry.
Dinobot, Cheetor and Rattrap are out there.
It is my duty.
And to be honest, I prefer the wild land.
Well, that's your privilege.
But it wouldn't hurt
to visit us now and then, would it?
No, I-- I don't suppose it would.
Farewell, my friends.
( Tigatron growling )
( door closes )
( suspenseful theme playing )
Oh, I must have been insane to help you.
Megatron's gonna scrap us both.
Megatron does not see the webs within the webs.
Nor do you.
Aw, don't be so testy.
I meant nothing. We're two of a kind.
We should stick together.
It would make no difference if we did.
This planet is doomed.
So that's why you wanted the stasis pod.
To build an escape ship.
But how? Why? You must tell me.
I can help.
( chuckles )
Leave my lair.
Aw, at least consider it.
We could be a great team.
( chuckles )
( whispers ): Lunatic.
( whispers ): Witch.
( laughing )
( cackling )
( dramatic rock theme playing )